Wal-Mart Watch Announces New Staff Changes
For Immediate Release
Thursday, January 04, 2007
Washington, D.C. - Wal-Mart Watch board chair Andy Stern today issued the following statement on two new staff changes for the organization:
“As chairman of the Wal-Mart Watch board, I am excited about the future of the campaign to change Wal-Mart and SEIU is committed to funding that future. After two years of strong leadership from Andrew Grossman, he is leaving his full-time position and assuming a consulting role with Wal-Mart Watch. I have asked David Nassar, currently chief of staff, to serve as acting executive director and feel strongly that David will do an excellent job in a permanent capacity.”
“Wal-Mart Watch’s important work is drawing scrutiny to Wal-Mart’s business practices, and the company is now the subject of a national dialogue on corporate social responsibility and our employer-based health care system. SEIU and the Wal-Mart Watch board of directors believe that we will build on our previous success moving forward in 2007.”
Nassar currently serves as Wal-Mart Watch’s chief of staff and has spent the last 15 years as a field organizer and manager on domestic and international campaigns. For five years, he managed pro-democracy programs for the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) in Yemen, Lebanon and Jordan. More recently, he managed SEIU’s New Hampshire for Health Care campaign in 2003 and managed a targeted congressional race in Pennsylvania in 2004. Nassar holds a B.A. from Villanova University and an M.A. in International Affairs from The George Washington University.
